(the following exerpt from article written sometime between 1900 & 1901, located now in the Florida State Archives. Article written by James Keene Munnerlyn, Jr. to honor his friend)
Tom, a colored confederate, was the younger son of Thomas Frost, who was named for his master Rev. Thomas Frost who owned an adjoining rice plantation to the Munnerlyn's on the Santee River in South Carolina. His mother was Eliza, Mrs. Munnerlyn's (Amelia E. Daniels Munnerlyn, 1st wife) maid.
Tom's parents belonged to a superior tribe of Africians, and he, like them, was blacked skinned and wooly haired, but nice features, nice voice and straight strong figure. Shortly after Father Munnerlyn's (James Keene Munnerlyn, Sr.) second marriage (bef 1856), Tom married the daughter of Mrs. Munnerlyn's (Agnes Jane Gibson Munnerlyn, 2nd wife) maid. They were married in Father Munnerlyn's parlor by a white minister, and mother provided the wedding cake, wine, etc.
When Jimmie (James Keene Munnerlyn, Jr.) and Johnnie (John Daniel Munnerlyn) went to Massachusetts to school, Tom was apprenticed to a shoemaker and learned the trade. Then came the War (War Between the States). Jimmie volunteered in Charleston in the Palmetto Guards and was among the first to go to Virginia, and after the Battle of Bull Run was a hero in the eyes of his family. At once Johnnie came on with the Georgia Hussars from Savannah and Tom with him, but the story of Tom the soldier is best told by Marse Jimmy.
James Keene Munnerktn, Jr. loved Tom Frost like a brother. Towards the end of Tom's life, James took care of him and buried him with a proper service at Evergreen Cemetery.
NOTE: Terms used from article are historically accurate for the times in which this wonderful man lived. These terms were not used to offend any African-Americans today.
Tom, a colored confederate, was the younger son of Thomas Frost, who was named for his master Rev. Thomas Frost who owned an adjoining rice plantation to the Munnerlyn's on the Santee River in South Carolina. His mother was Eliza, Mrs. Munnerlyn's (Amelia E. Daniels Munnerlyn, 1st wife) maid.
Tom's parents belonged to a superior tribe of Africians, and he, like them, was blacked skinned and wooly haired, but nice features, nice voice and straight strong figure. Shortly after Father Munnerlyn's (James Keene Munnerlyn, Sr.) second marriage (bef 1856), Tom married the daughter of Mrs. Munnerlyn's (Agnes Jane Gibson Munnerlyn, 2nd wife) maid. They were married in Father Munnerlyn's parlor by a white minister, and mother provided the wedding cake, wine, etc.
When Jimmie (James Keene Munnerlyn, Jr.) and Johnnie (John Daniel Munnerlyn) went to Massachusetts to school, Tom was apprenticed to a shoemaker and learned the trade. Then came the War (War Between the States). Jimmie volunteered in Charleston in the Palmetto Guards and was among the first to go to Virginia, and after the Battle of Bull Run was a hero in the eyes of his family. At once Johnnie came on with the Georgia Hussars from Savannah and Tom with him, but the story of Tom the soldier is best told by Marse Jimmy.
James Keene Munnerktn, Jr. loved Tom Frost like a brother. Towards the end of Tom's life, James took care of him and buried him with a proper service at Evergreen Cemetery.
NOTE: Terms used from article are historically accurate for the times in which this wonderful man lived. These terms were not used to offend any African-Americans today.
(the following exerpt from article written sometime between 1900 & 1901, located now in the Florida State Archives. Article written by James Keene Munnerlyn, Jr. to honor his friend)
Tom, a colored confederate, was the younger son of Thomas Frost, who was named for his master Rev. Thomas Frost who owned an adjoining rice plantation to the Munnerlyn's on the Santee River in South Carolina. His mother was Eliza, Mrs. Munnerlyn's (Amelia E. Daniels Munnerlyn, 1st wife) maid.
Tom's parents belonged to a superior tribe of Africians, and he, like them, was blacked skinned and wooly haired, but nice features, nice voice and straight strong figure. Shortly after Father Munnerlyn's (James Keene Munnerlyn, Sr.) second marriage (bef 1856), Tom married the daughter of Mrs. Munnerlyn's (Agnes Jane Gibson Munnerlyn, 2nd wife) maid. They were married in Father Munnerlyn's parlor by a white minister, and mother provided the wedding cake, wine, etc.
When Jimmie (James Keene Munnerlyn, Jr.) and Johnnie (John Daniel Munnerlyn) went to Massachusetts to school, Tom was apprenticed to a shoemaker and learned the trade. Then came the War (War Between the States). Jimmie volunteered in Charleston in the Palmetto Guards and was among the first to go to Virginia, and after the Battle of Bull Run was a hero in the eyes of his family. At once Johnnie came on with the Georgia Hussars from Savannah and Tom with him, but the story of Tom the soldier is best told by Marse Jimmy.
James Keene Munnerktn, Jr. loved Tom Frost like a brother. Towards the end of Tom's life, James took care of him and buried him with a proper service at Evergreen Cemetery.
NOTE: Terms used from article are historically accurate for the times in which this wonderful man lived. These terms were not used to offend any African-Americans today.
Tom, a colored confederate, was the younger son of Thomas Frost, who was named for his master Rev. Thomas Frost who owned an adjoining rice plantation to the Munnerlyn's on the Santee River in South Carolina. His mother was Eliza, Mrs. Munnerlyn's (Amelia E. Daniels Munnerlyn, 1st wife) maid.
Tom's parents belonged to a superior tribe of Africians, and he, like them, was blacked skinned and wooly haired, but nice features, nice voice and straight strong figure. Shortly after Father Munnerlyn's (James Keene Munnerlyn, Sr.) second marriage (bef 1856), Tom married the daughter of Mrs. Munnerlyn's (Agnes Jane Gibson Munnerlyn, 2nd wife) maid. They were married in Father Munnerlyn's parlor by a white minister, and mother provided the wedding cake, wine, etc.
When Jimmie (James Keene Munnerlyn, Jr.) and Johnnie (John Daniel Munnerlyn) went to Massachusetts to school, Tom was apprenticed to a shoemaker and learned the trade. Then came the War (War Between the States). Jimmie volunteered in Charleston in the Palmetto Guards and was among the first to go to Virginia, and after the Battle of Bull Run was a hero in the eyes of his family. At once Johnnie came on with the Georgia Hussars from Savannah and Tom with him, but the story of Tom the soldier is best told by Marse Jimmy.
James Keene Munnerktn, Jr. loved Tom Frost like a brother. Towards the end of Tom's life, James took care of him and buried him with a proper service at Evergreen Cemetery.
NOTE: Terms used from article are historically accurate for the times in which this wonderful man lived. These terms were not used to offend any African-Americans today.
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